Hot-pink Sokcho market egg tart café: 4pm second batch, Doris

I stumbled into this place while looking for desserts at Sokcho Central Market during a trip to Sokcho, and fell for it. This is my story of the egg tarts at Doris Patisserie (도리스 파티세리), a dessert spot I'd call a life-changer :)

Doris Patisserie verdict: is this Sokcho Central Market dessert café worth it?

Doris Patisserie had everything: friendly service, a fair price, quality and really delicious flavor. I found this egg tart place while hunting for food at Sokcho Central Market, and it wasn't just tarts. There was a wide range of financiers and madeleines too.

If you're looking for a dessert spot or café in Sokcho Central Market, it's easy to get to, so I recommend stopping by.

Is Doris Patisserie easy to find in Sokcho Central Market?

Doris Patisserie, a dessert café in Sokcho Central Market, was really easy to find. The hot-pink exterior catches your eye from far away, and as a pink lover I was already sold ✨

Doris Patisserie is good not only at egg tarts but at baked sweets like madeleines and financiers!

How to book or buy walk-in at Doris Patisserie

Doris Patisserie runs on reservations, though you can also buy on site. It's so popular as a Sokcho dessert spot that you might have to turn back because of sellouts.

• Booking: reserve in advance by text message using the number in the Naver Place notice, then visit (you can reserve by the box)
• Walk-in: if reservations are full, you can buy the remaining stock on site (single items are available too)
• It closes early when sold out, so it's best to time your visit.

It had the feel of a proper professional bakery in Sokcho, and I'd recently fallen for egg tarts, so my expectations were sky-high :)

Is there a wait at the 4pm second opening?

After the first batch's ingredients run out, they bake again and open a second round at 4pm. I went right at that time and two groups were already inside, so I waited before going in. Doris Patisserie is small, so only about 2–3 groups fit at a time.

For the 6-piece set you can choose your own flavors, and I liked picking what I wanted in a relaxed, uncrowded atmosphere.

Doris Patisserie menu: egg tarts, financiers and madeleines

The star of Doris Patisserie is the Portuguese-style egg tart 🤍

There were three kinds of egg tart: the basic original, walnut and cream cheese. The neatly arranged baked goods in the showcase made this dessert lover's eyes spin :) They looked like the textbook crisp-outside, moist-inside tart, and the prices were kind too!

I only came expecting egg tarts, but the financier and madeleine lineup was wide: vanilla, lemon and Earl Grey madeleines, plus original, fig cream cheese, pistachio, coconut, yellow cheese (hwangchi-jeu), chocolate financiers and more. I boxed up financiers and madeleines too, and being able to pick my flavors was a big plus.

They were also running a visitor review event, and the gift was an egg tart or a financier, no less.

What I ordered at Doris Patisserie and prices

• Oak box (original + cream cheese tarts) - ₩15,900
• 6 financiers (₩3,000 each) - ₩18,000

Are Doris Patisserie boxes good as Sokcho souvenirs and gifts?

Doris Patisserie wraps 6-piece sets in a box for free, so it was easy to buy without worrying about cost. Neat, pretty gift packaging 🎁 It's stylish enough that it works well as a Sokcho souvenir or a present.

The moment I opened the box, the Doris Patisserie desserts showed off their glowing looks :)

I'm a dessert lover as it is, so

How to store and reheat Doris Patisserie egg tarts

Egg tarts are best eaten crisp on the day you buy them, but they're also good cold after refrigeration, and if you heat them in an air fryer or oven at 180°C for 2–3 minutes they get crisp again, I'm told. (Not the microwave!)

When I opened the oak box, the original egg tart and the cream cheese tart sat there glossy and glowing! The lid has detailed instructions on how to eat and store them, which made storing them easy.

How do the original and cream cheese egg tarts taste?

The Doris Patisserie egg tart has a crisp pastry shell, a moist inside and plenty of soft, sweet filling :) I tried one right away and another after reheating it in the air fryer, and yeah... the egg tart this Sokcho dessert spot is famous for really is different!

The cream cheese egg tart isn't heavy, greasy cream cheese. It tastes light and the egg flavor is stronger, so even people who usually dislike cheese can eat it.

How do the Doris Patisserie financiers taste?

Financiers that are crisp outside and dense and chewy inside, well, you know... Doris Patisserie nails that crisp-outside, chewy-inside financier texture, so I'd absolutely recommend it to anyone looking for a good financier in Sokcho :)

If you love sweet baked goods, this is a no-regrets stop on a Sokcho trip.